If you are looking for some great sounding neo soul chords for the piano with a nice jazz tinge, you might be closer to your goal that you think. By using a simple trick, you can create minor eleventh chords simply [...]
Pop Ballad Piano – Mixing Patterns
To create another rhythmic pattern for the pop ballad progression, you can use the same ninth chords from the previous post and arpeggiate them. This simply means playing the notes of each chord one after another instead of playing the notes at the same time.
Playing arpeggios
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Pop Ballad Piano – Adding the Ninth
The previous post contained the first three steps to create a ballad style piano piece:
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creating a chord progression
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using inversions for a better voice leading
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and adding the bass notes in the left hand
Adding sweetness to the sound
Now let’s move on and take [...]
Pop Ballad Piano – Creating A Chord Progression
In the next posts you will learn how to create ballad style arrangements in a few simple steps. This will serve you whenever you want to play a chord progression in a beautiful way, interpret a song or accompany a vocalist on the [...]
Piano Hack #6 – 6 More Chords To Play 100s Of Songs